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Mockery |
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Quotations
 | All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 19 likes |
 | First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 13 likes |
 | The barbarian either totally mocks or totally worships. Civilization is a smile that discreetly combines sarcasm and respect. — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer 10 likes |
 | I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them. — Baruch Spinoza, 1632-1677, Dutch philosopher 9 likes |
 | Never confuse your right to say what you believe with a right to never be disagreed with and ridiculed for saying what you believe. — Ricky Gervais, 1961-, British comedian & screenwriter 8 likes |
 | Honest error is to be pitied not ridiculed. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 8 likes |
 | My specialty is detached malevolence. — Alice Roosevelt Longworth, 1884-1980, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt 6 likes |
 | Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule. — Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794, English historian 4 likes |
 | When I hear artists... making fun of businessmen I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of the cooks. — Anonymous 2 likes |
 | They laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at them because they're all the same. — Kurt Cobain, 1967-1994, American singer 1 likes |
 | Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it. |
 | If you can neither accept it or change it, try to laugh at it. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
 | There is parody, when you make fun of people who are smarter than you; satire, when you make fun of people who are richer than you; and burlesque, when you make fun of both while taking your clothes off. |
Funny Quotes
 | This morning, when I put on my underwear, I could hear the Fruit-of-the-Loom guys laughing at me. — Rodney Dangerfield, 1924-2004, American comedian 2 likes |
| They laughed at Edison and Einstein, but somehow I still feel uncomfortable when they laugh at me. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
Ancient Greek
 | You shouldn’t make fun of the old age that we all hope to reach. Μη δειν ονειδίζειν το γήρας, εις ό πάντες ευχόμεθα ελθείν. — Bion of Borysthenes, c. 325-255 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher 3 likes |
